
Marija, a young Ukranian woman, earns a living as a cleaning woman in a hotel in Dortmund, but dreams of having her own hairstyling salon, and puts away some money each month. Read More »
Drama
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963) Robert Mulligan, Natalie Wood, Steve McQueen, Edie Adams, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Angie Rossini is an innocent (Italian Catholic) Macy’s salesgirl, who discovers she’s pregnant from a fling with Rocky, a musician. Read More »
Leaving Normal (1992) Edward Zwick, Christine Lahti, Meg Tilly, Patrika Darbo, Comedy, Drama

For her entire life, twenty-seven year old Marianne Johnson has been on the move, the decisions which she’s made as an adult which have been total failures, such as her second most recent marriage to Curtis Johnson, which brought her to Normal, Wyoming. Read More »
Le Diable Probablement / The Devil, Probably (1977) Robert Bresson, Antoine Monnier, Tina Irissari, Henri de Maublanc, Drama

In order to be technically free of the mortal sin of suicide, a young man who has given up on the world pays a drug-addict to shoot him. Read More »
Fail Safe (1964) Sidney Lumet, Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Drama, Thriller

American planes are sent to deliver a nuclear attack on Moscow, but it’s a mistake due to an electrical malfunction. Can all-out war be averted?
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Fear (1946) Alfred Zeisler, Peter Cookson, Warren William, Anne Gwynne, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery

A medical student–broke, hungry and desperate for money–is hired to murder a loan shark. After the killing he is tormented by guilt over what he’s done. Read More »
Hakujitsumu / Daydream (1964) Tetsuji Takechi, Kanako Michi, Akira Ishihama, Chôjûrô Hanakawa, Drama, Fantasy, Horror

While under sedation in a dentist’s office, a young art student has sex fantasies about naked women, vampires and a beautiful patient he saw in the office. Read More »
Joan of Arc (1948) Victor Fleming, Ingrid Bergman, José Ferrer, Francis L. Sullivan, Biography, Drama, History, War

During the Hundred Years’ War, peasant girl Joan of Arc (Ingrid Bergman) hears voices instructing her to save France from the English. Read More »
Al-massir / Destiny (1997) Youssef Chahine, Nour El-Sherif, Hani Salama, Laila Eloui, Comedy, Drama, History, Musical, Romance

The story is set in the 12th century in Arab-ruled Spanish province Andalusia, where famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by the caliph and his liberal court judgements are not liked by everyone. Read More »
Nashville Girl (1976) Gus Trikonis, Monica Gayle, Glenn Corbett, Roger Davis, Drama, Music, Romance

A Kentucky-born maiden realizes her dream of becoming a country music star. Read More »